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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isaac Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khasbulaev comes to the cage accompanied by Fetty Wap - Trap Queen. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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144 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isaac Ford!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ford throws a series of punches but Khasbulaev avoids them all with ease.
Ford forces Khasbulaev back against the cage and clinches.
Ford can't find room to land a body shot as Khasbulaev controls the action.
Ford leaning his opponent against the cage.
Khasbulaev has had enough of the clinch but Ford keeps him there for the moment.
Ford is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ford working aggressively here.
Ford misses with the head strike.
Ford makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khasbulaev is trying to force a seperation but Ford has the dominant position.
Ford working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khasbulaev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford throws a looping overhand right but Khasbulaev ducks down to avoid it.
Ford clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khasbulaev.
Ford slows down the pace here.
Khasbulaev has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khasbulaev can't break the clinch.
Khasbulaev blocks an uppercut.
Ford misses with a body punch.
Ford swings wildly with an uppercut but Khasbulaev uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ford holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Khasbulaev blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Ford.
Ford has a couple of punches blocked by Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev tries to break the clinch but Ford is controlling the position.
Stalling in the clinch from Ford.
Khasbulaev has had enough of the clinch but Ford keeps him there for the moment.
Ford stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Khasbulaev working hard to break the clinch.
Khasbulaev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khasbulaev can't break the clinch.
Khasbulaev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Khasbulaev tries to break free but Ford pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khasbulaev wants to get back to striking at distance but Ford won't allow it.
Ford working aggressively here.
Ford is pushing Khasbulaev up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Khasbulaev wants to get back to striking at distance but Ford won't allow it.
Khasbulaev can't break the clinch.
Ford keeps control of Khasbulaev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Khasbulaev is trying to break free.
Ford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khasbulaev's efforts to push away.
Ford throws a head punch that misses.
Ford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ford can't find room to land a body shot as Khasbulaev controls the action.
Khasbulaev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khasbulaev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Khasbulaev controls his hands.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Ford scores with a nice short uppercut.
Khasbulaev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ford misses with a punch to the body.
Ford prevents Khasbulaev from breaking the clinch.
Khasbulaev is trying to break the clinch but Ford is controlling him.
Ford keeps control of Khasbulaev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khasbulaev.
Ford tries to throw a body punch but Khasbulaev avoids it by throwing Ford back against the cage.
Khasbulaev tries to circle away but Ford has him pinned against the cage.
Khasbulaev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ford lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khasbulaev backwards.
Khasbulaev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Khasbulaev blocking some punches.
Khasbulaev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Khasbulaev blocks an uppercut.
Khasbulaev blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khasbulaev is trying to break the clinch but Ford is controlling him.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ford misses with the head strike.
Khasbulaev can't break the clinch.
Khasbulaev tries to break free but Ford pushes him back against the cage.
Ford lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ford working aggressively here.
Khasbulaev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Khasbulaev breaks the clinch.
Khasbulaev thuds his right hand into Ford's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Khasbulaev misses.
Ford pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ford throws an overhand right that lands on Khasbulaev's shoulder, as Khasbulaev tries to avoid the shot.
Ford swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Khasbulaev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Khasbulaev working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Isaac Ford dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Khasbulaev looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ford moves out of range as Khasbulaev strikes.
A little jabbing left from Ford on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ford jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khasbulaev cracks Ford with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khasbulaev misses with the combination.
Ford looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Khasbulaev slips a jab from Ford.
Khasbulaev throws a big counter combination but Ford scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Khasbulaev on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ford has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Khasbulaev manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Khasbulaev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khasbulaev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ford throws a big shot that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Khasbulaev on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Khasbulaev gets tackled into the cage by Ford. Ford maintains the clinch.
Ford throws a punch but it's blocked by Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev prevents a body shot from Ford.
Khasbulaev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khasbulaev working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khasbulaev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ford lands a nice uppercut.
Khasbulaev is trying to break the clinch but Ford is controlling him.
Ford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford misses with a punch on the inside.
Ford scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ford.
Khasbulaev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khasbulaev is trying to push Ford away but Ford has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Isaac Ford seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ford working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Ford.
Khasbulaev is trying to force a seperation but Ford has the dominant position.
Ford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khasbulaev wants to break free but Ford has control.
Ford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ford is stalling here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ford.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khasbulaev blocks an uppercut.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Khasbulaev controls his hands.
Khasbulaev breaks from the clinch.
Ford rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khasbulaev counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ford misses with a shot to the body
and Khasbulaev counters with a nice uppercut.
Khasbulaev takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khasbulaev throws a lazy right hand but Ford sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ford moves forwards but Khasbulaev connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ford is rocked!
Khasbulaev misses with a wild combination.
Ford is still on wobbly legs! Can Khasbulaev finish him?
Khasbulaev connects with a body shot that sends Ford's belly button to the back.
Ford misses the shot to the body.
Khasbulaev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ford gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Khasbulaev.
Ford throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khasbulaev counters with a huge left! Ford is in big trouble! He's backing up but Khasbulaev isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Ford from any more damage. A dominating finish by Khasbulaev!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev very nearly forgot to thank Mohito Fightwear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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